Renaissance humanism
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Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
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Target entity: Renaissance humanism Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, influencedBy, Renaissance humanism]
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Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
"Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas" is the Latin motto of the University of Manchester, expressing its commitment to knowledge, wisdom, and humanity.
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Puritanism
Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
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Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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Beaux-Arts
Beaux-Arts is a grand, highly ornamented architectural style rooted in classical Greek and Roman forms, popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Renaissance humanism Target entity description: Renaissance humanism was an intellectual movement of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance that emphasized the study of classical antiquity, human potential, and secular learning, laying foundations for modern Western thought.
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A.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual movement in Europe and the Americas that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, profoundly shaping modern democratic and political thought.
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B.
Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas
"Cognitio, sapientia, humanitas" is the Latin motto of the University of Manchester, expressing its commitment to knowledge, wisdom, and humanity.
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C.
Puritanism
Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
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D.
Age of Exploration
The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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E.
Beaux-Arts
Beaux-Arts is a grand, highly ornamented architectural style rooted in classical Greek and Roman forms, popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural movement
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intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical current ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Coluccio Salutati
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Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ Francesco Petrarca ⓘ Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ Leonardo Bruni ⓘ Lorenzo Valla ⓘ Marsilio Ficino ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ Pico della Mirandola ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| coreFocus |
human potential
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secular learning ⓘ studia humanitatis ⓘ study of classical antiquity ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| emphasizedDiscipline |
grammar
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history ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ poetry ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| hadViewOnReligion | sought harmony between classical learning and Christianity ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Renaissance ⓘ |
| influenced |
Reformation thought
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Renaissance ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance art
Renaissance education ⓘ modern Western philosophy ⓘ political thought in early modern Europe ⓘ scientific revolution ⓘ |
| influencedRegion | Western Europe ⓘ |
| legacy |
development of secular scholarship
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foundations for modern Western thought ⓘ modern concept of the humanities ⓘ |
| method |
philological analysis of classical texts
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recovery and editing of ancient manuscripts ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
Italian city-states
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Italy ⓘ |
| promoted |
education of lay elites
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revival of ancient moral philosophy ⓘ use of classical models in literature ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Christian humanism
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civic humanism ⓘ |
| valuedConcept |
civic virtue
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critical reading of texts ⓘ dignity of man ⓘ education ⓘ eloquence ⓘ individualism ⓘ |
| valuedLanguage |
Greek
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Latin ⓘ |
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